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Saturday, May 6, 2006
5/6: More about 99X/q100 cuts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta’s Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey spoke with billboard.com about its purchase of Susquehanna radio stations, including Q100 and 99X.
Here’s the link.
The pertinent grafs:
“There were virtually no changes in sales and programming unless they were upgrades,” Dickey said. “There’s no reduction in head count or programming unless there were changes we wanted to make in personnel rather than head count reductions.”
Dickey also said that there will be no format changes at the former Susquehanna stations, including modern rock WNNX (99X) Atlanta, where nine-year MD Jay Harren was among numerous people let go on May 4. Layoffs also affected top 40 sister WWWQ (Q100).
“Changes at 99X were based around performance of the station,” Dickey explained. “We have no plans to change the format of the station. 99X has lost its way a little bit and we just need to improve it and bring the ratings up.”
Jimmy Baron’s take on his blog? Check out here.
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5/6: Kimmer’s Wayne is out
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
According to thekimmershow.com, the WGST mainstay Kim “the Kimmer” Peterson’s colleague Wayne was fired. No reason is given. In December, Jim Gossett, who was the primary voice on the News Line doing a thousand voices, quit after his girlfriend Kari Dean was fired. Pete Davis, a long-time sports guy and Kimmer sub, was also recently fired.
The Kimmer’s ratings took a major dive in the winter from the fall, dropping by a third among 25 to 54 year olds. Overall, the No. 2 news/talk station had a miserable Arbitron ratings period, with the 790/The Zone beating GST in certain demographics and dayparts.
